New threat to 4wding and all the places we love

Agree bad policy bad science, just out and out greed.

...... but say Ord river stage 2 for example where an area of the kimberly has been totally bulldozed as far as the eye can see isnt for profit and is great for the environment ....
oh hang on .. that must be different because you choose it to be

The problem for me is that we are playing about with one of the most influential and important assets this country has ever had, The Great Artesian Basin, we need to understand exactly what effects this will have to ground water tables and the contamination by mixing chemicals with the water used in Fracking. DDT was once considered safe, 245T and 245D there is a history of humans rushing around and playing with things without the proper understanding look at what us happening with the Aral sea in Russia. As for the Ord river it is a possible time bomb in the making have you been out the back of stage one and seen the plantations of Neem trees that are planted to try and suck up the excess water from the rising water table, not to mention the lack of research into what the continual flow of fresh water is having on the Ord itself. I am not anti development but I always strive to understand what effects any development work i have done will have on the environment and then make the decision to go ahead or not, and for me at this stage Fracking doesn't stand up to scrutiny.